Woman with multiple myloma takes 10,000,000 doses of measles vacine... [View all]

[KurtNYC]

A potent dose of engineered measles virus has been shown for the first time to have completely wiped out a woman’s cancer, U.S. scientists reported this week.

“Here we have got a therapy that you give once, and the outcome can be long-term remission of cancer,” said lead author Dr. Stephen Russell, a hematologist who co-developed the therapy described Wednesday in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings journal.
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However, using advanced imaging studies, doctors were able to track the path of the measles virus in her body and found it was indeed attacking the areas where tumours were growing.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/engineered-measles-vaccine-wipes-out-womans-cancer/article18710251/

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http://www.vox.com/2014/5/15/5719370/multiple-myeloma-cured-by-measles-vaccine

Really interesting concept and great news if this pans out.